last time on star trek: deep space nine: odo, what's wrong? i... i don't know. ( screaming ) i think you did this to me. that's why we forced you to return home. to enter the great link... and be judged. what have you done to him? we made him a solid. he's one of you now. captain... i'm reading a heart... lungs...

as if he were... human. ...and will be considered the enemy and fired upon. captain, it's him. gowron? what about him? during the link... i sensed that the other changelings were trying to hide things from me. faces... names... one of them was him. what are you saying? i'm saying that he's one of them. gowron... the head of the klingon empire is a changeling. where are they? they should've been back hours ago. maybe the meeting with starfleet command took longer than they thought it would. then why haven't sisko or dax contacted us?

s. if they use their transmitter they become a target. i never should've let them leave in a runabout. i should've insisted they take the defiant. you did. but the captain's orders were clear. we need the defiant here to protect the station. i'd hate to be dodging klingon raiding parties in nothing but a runabout. it would take a fleet of klingon ships to breach the station's defenses. i say we take the defiant and go look for them. i'm with worf. i'm glad the two of you are in agreement. tain gone, i am in charge of the station and i say we stay. you may be in charge of the station, major but i command the defiant. mr. worf the captain has given us our orders and i intend for us to follow them until he issues new ones. hold on a minute. i'm reading a warp signature approaching the station. it is the rio grande. on screen.

are all pretty shot up. life signs? two: one human, one trill. permission to welcome the captain back on board. permission granted. ( sighing ) glad you made it back in one piece. so are we. how was your meeting with starfleet command the war is not going well. the klingons are throwing everything they have at us. starfleet's been able to slow them down but that's about all. it's hard to believe one changeling can cause so much chaos. he's impersonating the leader of the klingon empire. is starfleet going to do something about gowron? oh, they're going to do something. starfleet's sending an infiltration team to klingon territory. they are to do whatever it takes to prove gowron's a shapeshifter.

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captain, you're just in time for happy hour. do i look happy, quark? you think any of these people looked happy when they walked in here? how could they? there's a war going on. but they come because they know i'll do everything in my power to help them forget their troubles. for a reasonable fee, of course.

i'm looking for odo. oh, captain, we all have our failures, and he's mine. ever since he lost his shape-shifting abilities i haven't been able to get a smile out of him. where is he? i'm telling you that's one depressed ex-changeling. he's upstairs at his usual table. just follow the black cloud. constable. listen, captain... do you hear it? you mean the bubbles? soothing, isn't it? you know, before i became a solid i never heard that. i had no sense of taste so i never paid much attention to food or drink.

ah... would you like me to get you a glass? i'm on duty. i'm not. i thought you were always on duty. mm... you know, at first i found the whole process of ingestion disgusting. but now that i've gotten used to it i find eating and drinking to be quite comforting. it's one of the few things that you... that we... humanoids... have control over. not necessarily. there's always the temptation to eat too much, to drink too much. one has to find something to do with one's time. for some reason, my work isn't as...

able to do something about that. starfleet has ordered us to try to expose the gowron changeling. i want you to come with us. hm. maybe it would be better for you to take deputy yndar. there's nothing i can do that he can't. i don't need yndar. i need you. what you need is someone who can turn into gowron's pet targ. i can't do that anymore. what i need is my chief of security. there will be a staff meeting at 1600 hours. i expect you to be there. according to starfleet intelligence chancellor gowron has relocated klingon military headquarters to ty'gokor.

ield deep in klingon space. it is probably the most heavily fortified installation in the empire. there are at least 30 warships stationed there at any given time, and the entire asteroid field is protected by a tachyon detection grid. which means there's no way we can get a cloaked ship within transporter range. even if we do find a way inside getting close to gowron will not be easy. he is guarded around the clock by his personal security force, the yan-isleth. the brotherhood of the sword. but even if you do get to gowron how are you going to prove to the klingons he's a changeling? i doubt he'll stand still and let us take a blood sample. klingons are obsessive about blood screenings. if he's lasted this long the changeling impersonating gowron must've found a way around them. there is another option. we could kill him. dead changelings do revert to their gelatinous state.

which is why starfleet has given us these. very impressive. what are they? they're modified polaron emitters. sisko: starfleet science thinks that exposure to polaron radiation will have a destabilizing effect on changeling physiology. and he is one of my people he won't be able to retain his humanoid shape. that's the theory. the problem is for it to work, you have to activate all four emitters at once. with this. i hate prototypes. plus, too much polaron radiation can be fatal which means we can only expose a person once. any more than that, changeling or not and they could die from radiation poisoning. sisko: the plan

they're set up they can cover about 12,000 cubic meters. so, let me get this straight. all we have to do is get past an enemy fleet avoid a tachyon detection grid beam into the middle of klingon headquarters and avoid the brotherhood of the sword long enough to set these things up and activate them in front of gowron. if we succeed... there will be many songs sung in our honor. let's hope we're there to hear them. well, the first problem is how to get you safely to ty'gokor. major, i must say i'm shocked. you use my daughter to lure me here you're asking me to risk my ship on some fool's errand into the klingon empire and you're pregnant. i hope first minister shakaar

shakaar's not the father. but then who is? chief o'brien. promenade. well, at least there's one good thing about your condition. you won't be going on this suicidal mission. it may not be as hopeless as you think. how can sisko be so deluded to think that he and three of his crewmen can infiltrate klingon military headquarters? they'll be caught in a heartbeat. maybe... maybe not. what's wrong, dukat?

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i see we're all here. the ship is ready for departure, sir. captain, i insist we make a holographic record of the four of you. consider it payment in full for the use of my vessel. maybe after the mission. you'll all be dead then. damar, let's not spoil this special moment with predictions of doom. even you have to appreciate the... audacity of captain sisko's plan.

owron's command center. a full spread of photon torpedoes would take care of him, the klingon high command and everyone else within a few hundred kilometers. ha! you should ask dukat for some shore leave. i think you've been in space too long. why? because i'm willing to spill a little klingon blood to get the job done? shelling ty'gokor won't get the job done. you'd be lucky to launch one torpedo before they shot you down. besides, even a dozen won't penetrate thank you for your input, mr. damar but we'll stick to the original plan. have you made any progress with our klingon identity files? don't worry, captain. by the time we get to ty'gokor we'll have something suitably impressive to plant in their central computer system. our names should be added to the list of candidates for the order of the bat'leth. "the order of the bat'leth?" don't you think you might be overdoing it? they'll be inducting

chancellor gowron will be presiding over the ceremony. that should make for a very interesting evening. here are the results of the crew physicals. ah. anything interesting? lieutenant vilix'pran is budding again. you're kidding. how many will this make? let's see now-- he had two from the last litter... four before that-- could be anywhere from eight to eighteen. he'll need bigger quarters again. he said the request will be on your desk in the morning. eighteen?! i just hope i can survive one. you're doing great. oh, i don't feel great. you're... positively glowing. oh, really? i think so, but then i suppose my opinion doesn't really count. oh, it counts, but don't forget-- this is still your fault. my fault?!

after you volunteered. after you put the idea in my head. after you flew the runabout into an asteroid field. after you insisted we check on those anomalous bio-scans. that was keiko! it was, but i'd rather blame you! whatever makes you happy. i never argue with my patients or my commanding officer. you think they'll make it? they'll make it. question is: d faces back? we shall start with you. i am waiting. i don't understand. i am not interested in excuses. are you a klingon warrior or an alverian dung beetle?

i called you a dung beetle. i heard you. and what is your response? you should have your eyes examined. ( chuckling ) this is not going to work. it is not enough to look like a klingon-- one must act like one. perhaps it is better if i went... aah! are you questioning the validity of my plan?! very convincing, captain. e to a battle to the death? no, not at all. the next time, do not strike me with the back of your hand. use your fist. this is more complicated than i thought. you should think twice before insulting a klingon like that. what did i do? look at you-- you stand so far away from me. you speak so softly. are you afraid of me or just disgusted by my presence?

r or keep their distance! sorry! ( growls ) i'll do better next time. keep practicing. constable? captain... i have no business being on this mission. nvincing klingon. then you'd better work on becoming one because like it or not you are on this mission. i'd hate to be the reason it fails. let me worry about that. ( sighs ) odo... i know this has been a difficult time for you-- that you would have never chosen to become a solid--

and shirking your responsibilities isn't going to make you feel better about yourself. no... i don't suppose it will. then i suggest you get back in there and do your job. ( alarm sounding ) what's going on, dukat? we're being hailed by another bird-of-prey. odo: what are you doing about it? we're hailing them back. i wouldn't worry-- this happens all the time. damar: sir, they're requesting visual contact. by all means. it's a shame you can't see the holo-image i'm projecting over the comm system. i make quite an imposing klingon. sir, the holofilter's not working. what do you mean it's not working?

the optronic relays are fused. maybe worf should speak to them. i might be able to convince... i have a better idea. you should have let me speak to them. was that really necessary?! it was either that, or trust in mr. worf's ability to lie and frankly, i have more faith in my weapons. get us out of here, damar. between us and that wreckage as possible. i hope i remember how to set this thing up.

it's not easy being funny wearing these teeth. well, captain, i've enjoyed your company as always but it appears that it's time we said good-bye. i don't envy your assignment. orbiting this place for the next day or so won't be the safest job in the galaxy either. which is why we'll be leaving as soon as you beam down. leaving? for how long? i really don't see any pressing need to come back. that's not what we agreed to. but how long do you think we can stay here undetected without the holofilter? besides, if you succeed the war will be over and you won't need us. and if you fail... did you add our names to the commendation list?

jodmos, son of kobor... your medal awaits you.

( singing in klingon )

( both laughing ) you all right? ( groaning ): i'm fine. i just wish they'd stop ringing that bell.l. ( laughs ) the hall of warriors. you can smell the blood of history in these stones. t'kah! now what? now... we celebrate! ( approving grunts ) how's the view? you know, you can tell a lot about people's moods

people take ththr time... window shop and... talk to their friends. ( sighs ) and then there's days like today. everybody's in a hurry. they can feel the klingons breathing down their necks. well, i shall have to remember to walk a little slower. "show no fear--" that's my motto. nerys: ops to dr. bashir. go ahead, major. report to the infirmary. were ambushed by a klingon battle group and they took heavy casualties. they'll be docking in a few minutes. i'm on my way. your father's going to be all right, j je. i suppose. but sometimes i wish that he wasn't so good at his job. that way, maybe every once in a while they'd give someone else the tough assignments he goes where he's sent. it's all part of wearing the uniform

i was the first to board their starship. with one blow from my bat'leth i beheaded their helmsman a tellarite. the pig didn't even have time to raise his weapon. well, then, i turned my attention to the captain ah, he put up a valiant struggle but in the end, i ripped the breathing tubes from his head and... ( imitates slicing sound ) ( laughing ) brag all you want but don't get between me and the bloodwine!

you knew captain laporin? we went to the academy together. how long before gowron gets here? many hours. he will not appear until tomorrow morning, at the earliest. this is an endurance test as much as it is a celebration. it's part of the initiation rite for the order of the bat'leth. the idea is to eat, drinin stay awake all night and still be clear-eyed when gowron arrives for the ceremony. en do we set up the emitters? not until morning. i don't want to take the chance of anyone spotting them once they're in place. ininhat case, we might as well drink up. ( sighing ) it's a pity it doesn't have any bubbles.

( grunting ) you know, i think i'm actually beginning to like bloodwine. it's really not too bad except for the taste. just be thankful the anti-intoxicant we took is still working. or you would be so drunk you would not be able to stand. ( chuckling ) not bad. captain of the academy wrestling team... 22 years ago. ow! ( cheering ) ( calling out ): martok! martok! ( cheering )